Convict Love Token - 1831 - William Tugby
Transcription
Back
Token engraved with a border of stippled text:
FRIENDS x I x HAVE x FOR x ME x TO x MOURN xIN
In the centre are seven lines of stippled text, with two flowers engraved below:
GREIF
TO x BE x AB
SORBED x SINCE
LIBERTY x IS x
FROM x ME x TORN
AND x NOW x I x AM
TRANSPORTED
Front
Token engraved with a border of stippled text:
WILLIAM X TUGBY x DEAR x WIFE X
In the centre are six lines of stippled text:
WEN
THIS . YOU
SEE x YOU
THINK x
ON ME
1831
Diameter
36.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia
